Information for Parents

Fences

Fences

Common Sense Media Age 14

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Most people are trying to do their best with the rusty tools they have in this world. Forgiveness is a powerful tool, if you're able to use it. Themes include perseverance.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
A father and son come to blows, shoving each other while screaming and yelling at each other. Their anger and rage is very clear. A main character seems to be struggling under the weight of so much resentment and disappointment at the world and his place in it. In one scene, a man describes a murder he committed.
Sex
Frank conversation about a man's infidelity. Some allusions to sex, but no nudity.
Language
Infrequent swearing includes "s--t," "ass," "hell" and "goddammit." The "N" word is used very frequently.
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
A man buys a pint of gin every Friday and proceeds to drink it, with or without friends. He's also shown at a bar drowning his sorrows.
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